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Sep 26, 2017 · Feride Yalav-Heckeroth 26 September 2017. Tarsus, a historic city part of the Mersin province, has a story that goes back around 6,000 years. Most notably, Tarsus is where Mark Antony and Cleopatra met for the first time, as well as being the supposed birthplace of Paul the Apostle.
Şahin was born in Tarsus, Mersin. He began his footballing career as an 11-year-old with Yeşilova Yeni Ufukspor. He was transferred to Sefaköy Özmuratspor in 1999, and earned a transfer to Samsunspor in 2004. [2] After spending a season playing for the A2 team, where he scored 11 goals in 26 matches, [2] Şahin was signed to a five-year ...
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The Tarsus Half Marathon (Turkish: Tarsus Yarı Maratonu) is an annual road running event over the half marathon distance, which is held in March in Tarsus in Mersin Province Turkey. The 2012 edition attracted 1,200 competitors from 16 countries. [1]
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The city was named after the aromatic plant genus Myrsine (Turkish: Mersin, Greek: Μυρσίνη) in the family Primulaceae, a myrtle that grows in abundance in the area. The 17th-century Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi also recorded in his Seyahatnâme that there was a clan named the Mersinoğulları (Sons of Mersin) living in the area.In the 19th century M...
Prehistory
This coast has been inhabited since the 9th millennium BC. Excavations by John Garstang of the hill of Yumuktepehave revealed 23 levels of occupation, the earliest dating from ca. 6300 BC. Fortifications were put up around 4500 BC, but the site appears to have been abandoned between 350 BC and 300 BC.
Classical era
Over the centuries, the city was ruled by many states and civilisations including the Hittites, Assyrians, Urartians, Persians, Greeks, Armenians, Seleucids and Lagids. During the Ancient Greek period, the city bore the name Zephyrion (Greek: Ζεφύριον) and was mentioned by numerous ancient authors. Apart from its natural harbour and strategic position along the trade routes of southern Anatolia, the city profited from trade in molybdenum (white lead) from the neighbouring mines of Coreyra. An...
Medieval period
Cilicia was conquered by the Arabs in the early 7th century, by which time it appears Mersin was a deserted site. The Arabs were followed by the Egyptian Tulunids, then by the Byzantines between 965 and c.1080 and then by the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Under Armenian Cilicia, the region of Mersin served as the powerbase for the House of Lampron. From 1362 to 1513 the region was captured and governed by the Ramadanid Emirate, first as a protectorate of the Mamluk Sultanate, then as an indepe...
There are six museums within the Mersin urban area; Mersin Archaeological Museum, Mersin Atatürk Museum, Mersin Naval Museum, Mersin State Art and Sculpture Museum, Mersin Urban History Museum, Mersin Water Museum. In the western suburb of Viranşehir (Ruined City) the remains of the ancient city of Soli/Pompeiiopolisstand close to the sea. Only two...
Unlike the mountainous rugged terrain of the whole province Mersin is located at the western edge of the Çukurova plain. Earthquake risk of the city is relatively low especially compared to other regions of Turkey, but due to its closeness to several other fault lines in Anatolia, the city center, which was built on an alluvial depositis considered...
The population of the city was 1,040,507 according to 2022 estimates. This figure refers to the urban part of the four districts Akdeniz, Mezitli, Toroslar and Yenişehir, that had a total population of 1,077,054 at the end of 2022. As of a 2021 estimation, the population of the Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area was 3,300,000 inhabitants, making it the...
The Port of Mersin is the mainstay of city's economy. It is an international hub for many vessels routing to European countries, with a capacity of 6,000 ships per year. Next to the port is the Mersin Free Zone, established in 1986 as the first free zone in Turkey, the zone is a publicly owned centre for foreign investors, close to major markets in...
Mersin is home to a State Opera and Ballet, the fourth in Turkey after Istanbul, İzmir and Ankara. Mersin International Music Festivalwas established in 2001 and takes place every October. The photography associations Mersin Fotoğraf Derneği (MFD) and Mersin Olba Fotoğraf Derneği (MOF) are amongst the city's most popular and active cultural organis...
The city was formerly home to Mersin İdman Yurdu, a football club that played in the Süper Lig as recently as the 2015–16 season. The men's basketball team of the Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. plays in the Turkish Basketball League while its women's basketball team plays in the Turkish Women's Basketball League. The city has one football stadiu...
Mersin Universitywas founded in 1992 and started teaching in 1993–1994, with eleven faculties, six schools and nine vocational schools. The university has had about 10,000 graduates, has broadened its current academic staff to more than 2,100 academicians. Toros Universityis a non-profit private foundation established in Mersin in 2009. Çağ Univers...
Blue Guide, Turkey, The Aegean and Mediterranean Coasts (ISBN 978-0-393-30489-3), pp. 556–557.Blood-Dark Track: A Family History (Granta Books) by Joseph O'Neill, contains a detailed and evocative history of the city, viewed from the perspective of a Christian Syrian family long resident in...Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9), p. 66This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Zephyrium". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.An hourly regional train takes 50 min from Adana via Yenice, and continues to Mersin (another 35 min). Three of these per day start from İskenderun, and one from Islahiye via Osmaniye. Yenice 15 km east of town is a stop for the Kayseri-Adana train. 1 Tarsus railway station (Tarsus Garı), Yavuz Donat Bulvarı. (updated Oct 2022)
ISTANBUL Apr 29, 2017 - 12:00 am GMT+3. Once home to many ancient civilizations and the birthplace of monotheistic religions, Tarsus is a hidden gem located in southern Turkey that blends ...
Mersin railway station. An hourly regional train from Adana takes 90 min via Yenice and Tarsus, for a fare in 2023 of 37 TL. Three of these per day start in Iskenderun, and one from İslahiye via Osmaniye. Change at Yenice for the Kayseri-Adana train. 1 Mersin railway station (Mersin Garı), İstiklal Cd (Between city centre and port).
